For five years in a row, our health care system has ranked dead last in an annual review of systems across 11 industrialized nations. Shocked? Perhaps not, but there are some particularly frustrating points worth noting. Of the five overall…
For five years in a row, our health care system has ranked dead last in an annual review of systems across 11 industrialized nations. Shocked? Perhaps not, but there are some particularly frustrating points worth noting. Of the five overall…
Earlier this year the U.S. Census Bureau released a report about the more than 10 million non-citizen immigrants under age 35 residing in the United States. The data show more than half of these individuals came to the U.S. as…
Make sure October 1 is marked on your calendar – especially if you’re uninsured. That’s the day enrollment opens to purchase health insurance through the Washington Healthplanfinder, the new online marketplace for health benefits. Intended to increase access to affordable…
New research by the National Partnership for Women and Families puts Seattle at the top of the list for the widest gender wage gap among the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas. That means Seattle women working full-time, year-round make a…
Nationally, women working full-time earn about 81% of men. Here in Washington, that number drops to 75%. One factor is the presence of information, science and technology jobs in Washington. Important industries for our state economy, they are high-paying sectors…